1.1 Conferences, colloquia and seminars by Murthy S. Gudipati (since 1993)

1.1.1   Invited lecture at international conferences

1.      F. Schouren, M. Kalb, R. Wagner, A. Klein & M. S. Gudipati, Photophysics and Photochemistry of Atmospheric Gases in Rare Gas Matrices: Experiment and Theory. 09 December – 10 December 1999, BESSY Users Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

2.      M. S. Gudipati, F. Schouren & M. Kalb, Electronic Spectra of Atomic Oxygen in Rare Gas Crystals: Experiment and Theory. 26 July – 31 July 1999, Third International Conference on Low-Temperature Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.

3.      M. S. Gudipati, Energy Transfer Involving Highly Excited Electronic States: The Role of Matrix Isolation. 11 July. – 16 July 1999, Gordon Conference: Chemistry and Physics of Matrix Isolated Species, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA.

1.1.2   Presentations at international conferences

4.      M.S. Gudipati, R. Wagner, M. Kalb und A. Klein, Near-UV Photolysis of singlet oxygen generated via energy transfer from aromatic molecules in rare gas matrices. 06 October – 08 October 1999, „Peroxide Chemistry – SPP concluding Colloquium“, Würzburg, Germany.

5.      Klein, M. Kalb und M.S. Gudipati, New assignment of the electronially excited states of anthracene endoperoxides: Spectroscopic and theoretical investigations (in German). 21 May – 23 May1998, German Society of Physical Chemistry, „Bunsentagung 1998“, Münster, Germany.

6.      M. Kalb and M. S. Gudipati, Specroscopic investigation of radiative and nonradiative energy transferprocesses involving higher excited electronic states (in German). 19 November – 21 November 1997, „German Chemical Society, Photochemistry Division, 15th Conference“, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany.

7.      M. Kalb and M. S. Gudipati, Energie transfer involving the higher excited states of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and O₂ or CO in Ar-Matrices. (Poster). 02 August – 07 August 1997, „International Conference on Chemistry and Physics in Matrices“, Spital am Pyhrn, Austria.

8.      M. S. Gudipati, Energytransfer processes in higher excited electronic states (in German). 16 March – 19 March 1997, „Chemiedozententagung“, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

9.      M. S. Gudipati and M. Kalb, Energy transfer involving the higher excited states of molecules of atmospheric and biological interest isolated in rare-gas matrices. (Poster). 28 October – 30 October 1996, 166.WE-Heraeus-Seminar on „Multiphoton Photochemistry in Biological Systems“, Bad Honnef, Germany.

10. M. S. Gudipati. Photochemically induced electronic to electronic energy transfer from CO to O in Ar matrices. 04 August – 09 August 1996, „Second International Conference on Low Temperature Chemistry“, University of Missouri-Kansas, Kansas City, USA.

11. M. S. Gudipati, G. Hohlneicher, J. Daverkausen and M. Maus, Higher electronically excited states of matrix-isolated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at 15 K using synchrotron radiation.(Poster). 30 July – 04 August 1995, Gordon Research Conference on „Chemistry and Physics of Matrix isolated Species“, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA.

1.1.3   Colloquia (M. S. Gudipati)

12. 20 October 1999, Photophysics and photochemistry of atomic and molecular oxygen in rare gas matrices (in German). Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Mainz, Germany.

13. 20 July 1999, Energy Transfer Involving Higher Electronically Excited States: Photochemically Induced Energy Transfer. Molecular Physics Group, Stanford Research Institute (SRI-International), Menlo Park, California, USA.

14. 19 July 1999, VUV Photophysics and Photochemistry of PAH Molecules and Atmospheric Gases in Rare Gas Matrices. NASA Ames Labs, Moffett Field, California, USA.

15. 28 May 1999, Energy transfer processes in matrix isolated van der Waals systems: Relevance to environmental physics and astrophysics. (in German). Technische Universität Ilmenau, Abteilung Experimentalphysik, Germany.

16. 02 November 1998, Caged molecules (in German). Inaugural lecture, Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty, Universität zu Köln, Germany.

17. 28 May 1998, On the photophysics of photosynthesis (in German). Habilitation Lecture, Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty, Universität zu Köln, Germany.

18. 06 May 1998, Spectroscopy of matrix-isolated van der Waals complexes using laser and synchrotron radiation (in German). Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie, Germany.

19. 24 June 1997, Electronic interactions and energy transfer: Spectroscopic investigations on intra and inter molecular processes (in German). Fachbereich Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Germany.

20. 16 December 1996, Energy transfer processes in matrix-isolated atoms and molecules (in German). Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institut für Organische Chemie, Germany.

21. 27 July1995, Polarized spectroscopy of matrix-isolated aromatic molecules in the VUV-region using synchrotron radiation. The University of Akron, Knight Chemical Laboratory, Akron, OH, USA.

22. 25 July 1995, Experimental and theoretical investigations on the higher excited states of aromatic systems. West Virginia University, Department of Chemistry, Morgantown, USA.

23. 02 June 1995, Electronic excited states of aromatic molecules: Combining photoselection, matrix-isolation and synchrotron radiation. University of Roskilde, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Denmark.

24. 24 January 1994, Electronic excited states of aromatic molecules: Structure and symmetry properties (in German). Max-Planck Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Germany.

25. 13 January 1994, Modern applications of synchrotron radiation (in German). RWTH Aachen, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Germany.

26. 10 May 1993, Investigations on higher excited electronic states of aromatic hydrocarbons using polarzed synchrotron radiation (in German). RWTH Aachen, Institut für Organische Chemie, Germany.

1.1.4   Seminars (M. S. Gudipati)

27. 14 January 2000, Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Atomic and Molecular Oxygen in Rare Gas Matrices: Experiment and Theory. Institut für Organische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.

28. 15 January 1999, Energy transfer processes in matrix isolated molecules and complexes. Fachbereich Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

29. 12 November 1998, Electronic spectra of atomic oxygen: theory and experiment (in German). Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Germany.

30. 02 July 1998, Energy transfer processes in matrix-isolated van der Waals Complexes (in German). Universität Osnabrück, Fach Bereich Physik, Germany.

31. 30 April 1997, Spectroscopic studies on the energy transfer process occuring in a (CO...O) complex in rare-gas matrices (in German). Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Germany.

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